Bluff Cove air attacks
1982 · Event
Argentine Skyhawks bomb the landing ships Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram, killing 48; Welsh Guardsman Simon Weston survives terrible burns.
On these timelines: Wales, United Kingdom (combined), Latin America, Master
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